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3151. It's Not About Us

Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... that their view of the world is so small that they think they are the center of things. Hillerstrom says that as a child he and his family took a drive one evening. He remembers assuming that, as they traveled, the moon followed them home and then stayed there all night hovering over their house. Wouldn't that be nice? Your own personal moon? An acquaintance whose last name is Steele told Hillerstrom that when she was a little girl and the church congregation sang the old hymn, "Trust and Obey," she didn't ...

3152. Danny Devito In A Tree

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... came the moment Jesus called him by name. Suddenly he perceived that Jesus knew him and understood his situation. Then Jesus did something that is so remarkable it is breathtaking. He looked up at Zacchaeus and said, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today." If you don't know how remarkable this is, you simply don't understand how much the people in Jesus' time hated tax collectors. An inscription was found on a clay tablet in what is now Iraq. The inscription was written ...

3153. About Work

2 Thessalonians 3:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... you simply been afraid of testing the waters elsewhere to find a job you would enjoy? Have you had some physical or emotional problems that held you back? Nobody should be in a job they hate. That is not God's will. Some of us, I suspect, are staying in unpleasant situations for fear of losing our health care benefits. Since the election is over, I guess it's all right for me to say that the health care situation in this country is in a mess--particularly for working people and the elderly. Something needs ...

3154. About Christ

Colossians 1:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... best part of the story, though, came after Vacation Bible School. Somehow, acting like Jesus for several weeks had a lasting effect on Rick. He began coming to the church services a little more often. He even started coming to the midweek Bible study and staying for fellowship events. But the most powerful impact on him came from the young children at the church who, for weeks and months after VBS, would point at Rick and whisper, "Look! There's Jesus!" "Before long, the big, burly truck driver no longer ...

3155. Do Not Disturb

Isaiah 11:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... poor at Christmas, "Visit a high school sometime," he says, "and look for the teenagers already feeling the chilly winds of rejection. They are easy to find. They're the ones with acne, or greasy hair, or holes in their shoes; they sit alone at lunch and stay at home on weekends. They orbit around the class stars, longing for acceptance yet increasingly convinced they don't deserve it. "Or try Miami Beach. I don't mean the north beach where tourists pay $150 a day to get sunburned. I mean the south beach, a ...

3156. Do Not Disturb

Isaiah 35:1-10

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... handcuffs What do I have here? Right "“ a pair of handcuffs. Who wears handcuffs? That's right "“ people who are going to jail. People who are being punished for their crimes. I know none of you has ever been in jail, but have you ever been punished and had to stay in your room? That is a sad time, isn't it? How do you feel when you come out? The people in the time of Isaiah the prophet weren't in prison, but it wasn't a very happy time for them either. But Isaiah tells them things won't ...

3157. Teach Us To Pray

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... stranger continued, "Do you think God doesn't hear your prayers." Hesitantly, Linda replied, "Sometimes." The stranger responded, "Well, God's got big ears." Linda stared as the man turned abruptly, walked into the polling place, and wandered off into the crowd. But his words stayed with her: "God's got big ears." (5) Well, God does have big ears--big enough to hear all the prayers of all the world's people, rich or poor, young or old, deserving or undeserving. Nobody is too insignificant to be beyond His ...

3158. Drowning In A Sea Of Stuff

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... in his voice, Joey answered, "A lawyer!" He's probably right. Where there is a will, there is often a lawsuit. Someone in the crowd listening to Jesus said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me." The more things change, the more they stay the same. How many families have come to grief because of the settling of an estate? Money does that to us, doesn't it? Sometimes at the time of a death, sometimes at the time of a divorce. You don't know whether to laugh or to cry at ...

3159. Winners And Losers

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

Back in 1994, 128 runners lined up to compete in the NCAA cross-country championships in Riverside, California. Unfortunately, one of the turns on the 10,000-meter course was not well marked; only five of the 128 runners stayed on the correct path. Mike Delcavo was the first runner to notice the problem. He began waving at the other runners to follow him, but most refused. Can you blame them? One-hundred-and-twenty-three runners took the wrong path, only five took the right one. What did the ...

3160. Who Am I Supposed To Hate?

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... decades of heartfelt prayer, Estelle's precious husband was restored to her. She never turned bitter and never lost her faith. Pastor Cymbala is justly proud of this story of faith and restoration, because Estelle and Nick are his parents. (5) Not every spouse should stay with a chemically addicted partner. Don't misunderstand. But it worked in this case. Because of Estelle's commitment to God, she made that choice. And she witnessed two miracles: one in her husband's life and one in her son's. Jesus might ...

3161. Hungry For God

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... us that we cannot save ourselves from our sins. But God, as a loving Father, can and will do so. We can be re-created in God's image. Like a lump of clay on a potter's wheel, we may lose our shape temporarily. But so long as we stay in the potters' hands, we can still be molded into something worthwhile. A visitor to the shop of a local potter was puzzled by one operation which seemed to have little purpose. The workman was beating a lump of clay with a large mallet. It looked as if nothing was ...

3162. What's Really Important

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... for the Miss America Pageant use to keep America's beauties beautiful. You may enjoy these tricks. You may even consider trying them. 1. Dirty hair. One of the pageant's hairstylists admits, "Dirty hair is more manageable. I can make a style fuller and stay better." 2. Face Putty. Used to cover up lines, scars, and pockmarks, and to create "porcelain" complexions. One makeup artist says: "I've even gone so far as to use mortician's wax mixed with the makeup." 3. Vaseline. Smeared on the teeth so that ...

3163. You Will Not Leave My Soul In Hell

Psalm 16:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... talk to us." (1) God knows our situation. A psychiatrist visiting a state asylum was particularly intrigued by a patient who sat huddled in a corner scratching himself for hours on end. "My good man," the doctor addressed the patient gently, "why do you stay in the corner all by yourself, scratching yourself?" "Because," replied the man wearily, "I'm the only person in the world who knows where I itch." God knows where we itch. And He never forgets or forsakes us. Elizabeth Harrison illustrates this truth ...

3164. Casting Aside His Garment

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... two largest cities in the world. We go downtown. It's rush hour, and there are thousands of busy people in the streets. What is our first impression likely to be? We will probably just see a great mass of faces that all look alike. If we were to stay awhile in one of those great cities and came to know and love certain people there, and understood their culture, they would no longer all look the same to us. We would see them as individuals. God knows every single person in the world by name. He knows every ...

3165. Bearing Fruit

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... The incident occurred August 5, 1981, the day after Miss Parks moved out of the apartment she had shared with Morgenstern on Manhattan's East Side. Morgenstern said he had intended to discuss their relationship when he went to the apartment where Miss Parks was staying. The author was accused in a court complaint of punching the model `once in the mouth, fracturing one of the bones in her upper jaw, and breaking a tooth.'" Somehow I get the feeling that Mr. Morgenstern is not a very good ambassador for his ...

3166. That Believing Ye Might Have Life

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... sent a dozen spies in to check out the land. Ten of them came back and said, "They are giants! And we are so small! We are like grasshoppers compared to them." This caused the people to tremble in fear. Because of their fear they went back and stayed in the wilderness for 38 years. They had to wander there until every last one of the original group died before returning to claim the Promised Land. Far too often we see only the problems and not the great problem solver who is right there with us! Nothing ...

3167. A Date With Destiny

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... ." Betty, Whaley's wife, was taken aback at first, but the calls persisted. They finally discovered on the first page of the Bulletin under a bold, black headline--In Memoriam--was Whaley's name and his death notice! Whaley tried to joke about it but the thought stayed with him for weeks. He realized how close he had been to being killed. He tried to imagine what the world would be like without Hamilton Whaley in it. He began to be bothered by it. Would there be anything left behind to show that his life ...

3168. Gathered Around The Throne

Revelation 7:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... in jail, Trung began preaching to the other inmates. Finally, after six months, outside pressure from believers around the world forced the Vietnamese government to release Trung. But he refused his release. So many men in the prison were coming to Christ that Trung decided to stay there and serve out his full sentence. As he said, "I don't care about my own life. The most important thing is that I complete my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me--to tell people the good news about God's grace ...

3169. A Father Pleased With His Son

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... insecure person demands special recognition. The secure person can afford to be humble. The story is told of Dr. Charles Mayo who, with his father and brother, founded the world-famous Mayo Clinic. A group of European medical experts were visiting the clinic and were staying as guests of Dr. Mayo at his home. In their own countries it was the custom of these gentlemen to place their shoes outside the bedroom doors for a servant to polish. As Dr. Mayo was retiring he noticed shoes lined up outside the rooms ...

3170. He Came To Us

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... village called Nazareth. THIS HUMBLE MAIDEN WAS TOLD THAT SHE WOULD BEAR A CHILD. Nothing earth-shaking about that. Women bear children all the time. Yet this child would change the world. William Griffin tells the story beautifully in his book Jesus For Children: "Stay where you are," said the young girl, "or I'll scream!" "My name is Gabriel," said the tall stranger. "Are you an angel?" asked Mary. "I have a message for you." "You shouldn't go about surprising people," said Mary, closing her book. "Angels ...

3171. Three Promises

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... my room. I did not know him; I had never met him. I knew only that he was an upper classman. He said simply to me, "˜I just wanted to welcome you to the campus and to say that if there is anything I can do to help make your stay here more pleasant, I hope you will call on me.' We chatted for a bit, and as he prepared to leave, he asked me where I went to church. And I told him. "˜Well,' said the upperclassman, "˜I can tell you where that church is. It is quite some distance ...

3172. God Has Gone Up

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... ? This very Jesus who has been taken from you into heaven will come back just the same way as you have seen him go." At this, the disciples returned to Jerusalem. On entering the city they went straight to the upstairs room where they had been staying. The writer of Acts tells us that they were gathered together in one accord and that they devoted themselves to prayer. Can you imagine the effect of the ascension on these disciples? Can you imagine the feelings of awe and adoration? "Men of Galilee, why are ...

3173. Don't Forget The Batteries

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... has the longest wingspan of any living bird: 12 feet. He also notes that it is too heavy to fly--it can't support itself in the air. In fact, in still air, it can't even take off. Yet the albatross is a marathon flier. Some speculate it can stay years at sea without returning to land. Scientists put a radio transmitter on one to track it. After 30 days and 9,000 miles, the battery gave out, and the albatross was still over the ocean. How can a bird too heavy to support itself be a marathon flier? The ...

3174. Excited, Motivated, Changed!

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... conclusion. Their visionary boss just didn't know much about the fundamental principles of engineering. He'd have to be told gently his dream was impossible. Ford said, "Produce it anyway." They replied, "But it's impossible." "Go ahead," Ford commanded, "and stay on the job until you succeed, no matter how much time is required." For six months they struggled with drawing after drawing, design after design. Nothing. Another six months. Nothing. At the end of the year Ford checked with his engineers and ...

3175. Please, I'd Rather Do It Myself

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

King Duncan

... as well as we! What's that? How could I call our world a paradise? Don't you have enough to eat? Don't you have a nice warm house when the weather is cold? Don't you have family and friends who care about you? Why is it you stay so tense, so depressed, so angry? But you say that Adam and Eve didn't have to work. Ah, but they did. It was already God's plan that they should tend the garden. Can you honestly imagine life without some kind of meaningful activity? Could it be that you ...

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